Ginger Moo Ltd is an independent creative company set up by artist Rachel Cowell in 2006. We have many strings to our bow and promote involvement in the arts for everyone via the main elements of the business; Community, Artists and Commercial.
COMMUNITY represents our work with schools, organisations and the local community. We facilitate projects, run classes including life-drawing, create artwork, put on exhibitions and generally promote the notion that art enriches lives whether it be through participation or appreciation. View our Creative Calendar to see what we’re up to, also for info on other local creative community events.
ARTISTS (coming soon) is our element for showcasing local talent. We will also be offering printing and other resources for artists, as well as featured artist interviews and exclusive prints on our blog.
COMMERCIAL is about providing employers with bespoke art for the workplace. Environment is a big factor for a productive and happy working atmosphere and we have helped to add that certain something to some local businesses.
How We Got Started
We began as Ginger Moo Commercial, offering bespoke art by a range of artists to businesses wanting to add life and colour to their places of work. We realised that there were should be other opportunities in the area for artists’ work to get seen and for the community to benefit from it. So…
In June 2009 we opened Ginger Moo Gallery in Crawley’s County Mall showcasing local artists’ work and running community projects, workshops and classes. The gallery became a focal point for creativity in the town and we built up a fantastic community of artists, creatives and supporters. We also won some awards which were the icing on the cake for the great experiences we’d had working with lots of fantastic people we earned a Let’s Face It award for the schools ‘Bloom Boom’ project in partnership with County Mall; for contributions to The Big Draw in 2009 and we were very proud when Ginger Moo also won the 2011 Crawley Champion of the Arts award.
We were also really pleased to be part of WORDfest Crawley’s first literary festival. The gallery window played host to live illustration and design as well as running open and closed workshops. To see more about the festival visit www.wordfestcrawley.org
See our Gallery Archive menu for more info on the gallery and the goings on.
Ginger Evo-moo-tion
Sadly we had to close the gallery in June 2011, it was a fantastic space and we miss it since having such a well-equipped and central location in Crawley really helped us meet people and grow as an organisation. We are developing Ginger Moo Ltd and continuing in a more nomadic way, we’re taking part in festivals and we hope to be teaming up with Crawley Library to keep the Moo alive in town centre as regularly as possible. Our online presence is being developed to provide more inspiration and links to work and the community.
The BIGGER Picture
Also underway is a new venture a more ambitious project Ginger Moo Too (or GMT for short) an Arts Centre for Crawley. GMT has community as the core of the organisation, we aim to have larger premises and more facilities than the previous gallery and to be a home to artists, designers, makers, musicians and new media creatives with studio, exhibition, recording and performance spaces, as well as classes and workshops. In short, a glowing hub of creativity for the town which we know hosts a great deal of talent and potential. It will be a locale for sharing ideas, forming networks and facilitating collaborations, a place where the creative community can meet, grow, work and flourish. www.gingermootoo.org
